Zoned Out!
Zoned Out! Race, Displacement, and City Planning in New York City
Tom Angotti, Sylvia Morse (Editors)
UR Books, 2017
Paperback | 6 x 9 inches | 176 pages | English | ISBN: 978-0996004138 | $20.00
Publisher Description:
Gentrification and displacement of low-income communities of color are major issues in New York City and the city?s zoning policies are a major cause. Race matters but the city ignores it when shaping land use and housing policies. The city promises ?affordable housing? that is not truly affordable. Zoned Out! shows how this has played in Williamsburg, Harlem and Chinatown, neighborhoods facing massive displacement of people of color. It looks at ways the city can address inequalities, promote authentic community-based planning and develop housing in the public domain.dDAB Commentary: In March, when my book NYC Walks was released, I was fortunate enough to be in conversation with Michael Sorkin at Rizzoli Bookstore. Following our talk and me signing a few copies of my book, I passed by titles from Sorkin's UR Books (an imprint of his nonprofit Terreform) conveniently located by the register. The product placement worked and I walked out with a copy of Zoned Out!, the best-selling book out of UR's roughly dozen titles to date. Previously I've reviewed a few UR titles: Downward Spiral: El Helicoide's Descent from Mall to Prison, Letters to the Leaders of China: Kongjian Yu and the Future of the Chinese City, and Spaces of Disappearance: The A...
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